Eric Bana stars as Aaron Falk, a federal agent who returns to his home town to attend a funeral and reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Read on for the hidden life lessons identified in this movie.
- The Unlovable Bond
The murdered girl, Ellie Deacon (BeBe Bettencourt) is shown in a scene having fun with her boyfriend and another couple at a stream. The laughter and chatter of love fills the air, when suddenly her boyfriend starts trying to drown her in the stream. This scene is reminiscent of the movie 'Hemel (2012) which we also discussed on this website. The unlovable bond is one of the central tenets of the systems for cheating love, a bond where the powerful mustn't love women, yet women are bonded to only love the powerful. Just like Hemel is given a rough round of BDSM sex because she's enjoying being slutted, Ellie is almost drowned because she's being too lovable.
Be careful with the system, because they always do things to symbolize that they don't love you. This confusion has led many young adults to depression, drug abuse and even suicide.
It goes beyond just being rude and abusive to girls, it has effects on society at large. Angelic fools, or the uninitiated are rejected from houses of celebration, where the nudity of the women is a symbol that the demonic entrappers aren't being loving. Because if lovers can come, then it would no longer be considered an unlovable symbol. If you consider this fact in relation to the imbalance in our society, you'd understand and see clearly how our simple loving life has been made complicated by unnecessary bonds.
- We Feel Unconcerned
Gretchen (Genevieve O'Reilly) tells Falk on a date about the issues Ellie had and how everyone ignored her. In her own words; "Everyone looked away, and everyone continues to look away, we are very good at that". Feeling unconcerned or not caring about social issues is a common trend in our world. This attitude of not caring or feeling unconcerned might be based on several reasons. One reason is that most people think they're not directly affected by these issues, hence they need to keep minding their business. Another reason is the attempt to overcome supernatural or special bond problems by doing nothing, or ignoring it. Yes, it is true that some problems worsen when you acknowledge them, but be sure to see the bigger picture and how you'd ultimately be affected even in a future life form.
Rejecting or ignoring special bond problems can only be effective in society if there is a general knowledge on the nature of the problem, otherwise the ignorant would become more confused. Several young adults have taken to bodily harm even to the extent of suicide arising from paranoia due to the strangeness of bonds. Afterall, bond entrapments is a special and weird occurrence, isn't it?
Furthermore, some fraternity system tenets considered it forbidden to care about the fools or love in general. This is a tenet that is sometimes brutally enforced and creates a dent in our humanity. For who are we, if we can't look out for each other. Our life is just like a cell block. Like atoms, we must connect ourselves before connecting our planets. If done properly our world would blossom, but if done wrongly our world will be walls and domes designed to withstand harsh environmental conditions. Like all dystopian systems, it would ultimately lead to another great fall.
- Seek Help
The antagonist, Scott Whitlam (John Polson) is a man who under duress makes the wrong choice that turns him into a killer and ultimately suicidal. Like most blackmail or compromising situations choosing to comply with the assailants more often than not leads to more pain. Two wrongs don't make a right and everyone has a skeleton in their cupboard. Those whose skeletons come to light seem to think that they are done for. It's just our ego blinding our reason. Some people have murdered just to hide an affair. We should learn to be understanding as a society and look beyond people's personal faults and see their true potentials or contributions. Maybe then our good politicians, teachers, and other professionals won't be kicked out of the system because of an affair, which is normal human nature. Then such people won't be so pressurized to take drastic measures to save face or hide their shame.
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